This summer I have been enjoying listening to Father Jay Finelli’s iPadre Catholic Podcasts There’s just something about hearing the good new’s in a New York accent which makes it sound more down to earth. This week’s Episode, Podcast #73 – Thou are a priest forever, even on vacation, speaks alot about witnessing to your faith in the world at large. Father Jay talked about how he went to a convention of Model steam train enthusiasts, where he his known as the Steaming Priest. He was there firstly as a member of the community and as a steam geek (what do they call themselves I wonder?) However as people get to know him, they seek him out as a priest, even asking him to hear confessions and to say mass at the conference.

This is the kind of witness I am trying to give in the music and podcasting worlds, and in my community as a whole. Not to stand up and shout, “HEY I’M CATHOLIC AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT JJJEEEESSSUSS,” but to participate as a member of a community (music, internet, work, parish, etc…) and let the way I interact with others with concern, respect and humility be my witness. Tall order, but that’s what I’m working torward.

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